Appledusk's Chance || UNDERGOING EDITING

Chapter 5》apprenticeship at last!

      Applekit smiled wide looking over at his friends. Reedkit caught his eye, and she seemed equally as excited and bounded forwards towards Applekit.
      "We're becoming apprentices!" she whispered, her bright blue eyes sparkled her tabby-striped tail high up.
      Spikekit and Beekit followed from behind, the clan gave excited murmurs. One warrior in particular, Shellskip, a large silver tabby tom, was looking at him and smiled as he turned back towards his clanmates.

The group of four had made it to the middle of the clearing, and Applekit, the sandy-brown tom-kit looked up at Birchstar as she stood proud and strong.

"Leaf-bare will bring rough times, and apprentices made in the very beginning of leaf-bare is very risky but it will also make our clan strong!" the RiverClan leader yowled, Applekit's clanmates erupted into excited and prideful yowls in reply.
Applekit looked over at his brother, Spikekit's dark green eyes seemed wide and sparkled as if he imagined himself repeating the same thing.

Birchstar looked back down at the kits, a inviting smile on her face, "these kits have reached six moons which means they are ready to become apprentices." The pale tabby looked down a the four kits. "Beekit, step forward."

The dark brown tabby tom-kit seemed surprised, but he raced forward and stood in front of the high-stones that Birchstar stood upon. Her long tail twitched behind her as Beekit scanned the crowd for his new mentor.

"Beekit, you have grown to the age of six moons, which means you are most definitely ready to become a warrior apprentice, until you receive your warrior name you shall be known as Beepaw and your mentor will be... Mintface." The fluffy black she-cat seemed surprised, as she looked around at her fellow clanmates.
"Mintface, this will be your first apprentice. I expect for you to pass down your compassion and smarts down to this young tom."
Mintface blinked and smiled as got to her paws and made her way towards the dark brown–nearly black– tom. Her new apprentice.

She bent down and touched noses with the dark apprentice, forming their new bond as mentor and apprentice.

Birchstar nodded, looking back at the group of now three kits.

"Reedkit, it is time for you to be apprenticed," The dark orange tabby she-kit smiled wide, her blue eyes sparkled brighter, if that was even possible, and quietly stamped her paws to the ground in excitement. Birchstar smirked, and welcomed the kit forward.

"You have reached the age of six moons, and until you receive your warrior name you shall be known as Reedpaw. Your mentor will be Shellskip."
Shellskip blinked and walked over, "Shellskip, this will be your second apprentice, you taught Frostfoot well and I expect for you to share your loyalty and honesty with this young apprentice." Shellskip dipped his broad head and touched noses with the new, bouncing apprentice.

      Sighing, the leader looked at Spikekit, his brother seemed nervous as Birchstar stepped down to face the kit.
      "Spikekit, you have reached the age of six moons." The clan seemed quiet as Birchstar twitched her whiskers, "you have grown strong and I, Birchstar, leader of RiverClan, will be your mentor. I hope to pass everything I know to you. Until you receive your warrior name you shall be known as Spikepaw." the clan gasped as Birchstar touched noses with the shocked apprentice.

The only three cats who weren't surprised were Russetstorm, Creeknose, and Icewhisker. The medicine cat had padded to sit beside his parents.
Applekit's pelt rippled with unease as the white tom's gaze rested on him.